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Companies inconsistent in approach to deforestation risks: CDP

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... greenhouse gas emissions. The global forests report analyses responses from 152 companies from around the world, including Asia Pulp & Paper, Cargill and Unilever, representing a market capitalization of over US$3 trillion, according to CDP. "There's ...

Climate Bond Standard to establish water investment criteria

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
... collaboration with Ceres, the Water Resources Institute and CDP, and includes representatives from organisations including the OECD, Asia Development Bank, Imperial College London, Alliance for Global Water Adaptation (AGWA), D.C. Water, Chinese Academy ...

Role for custodian in ESG data analytics: BNP Paribas

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2014  |  NEWS
Institutional investors throughout Asia are taking environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into account in their investment portfolios, and custodian BNP Paribas Securities Services are providing data analytical services to assist clients ...

CSIRO hire Larry Marshall as chief executive

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014  |  NEWS
... "an early stage venture capital firm specialising in creating Australian technology companies and growing them globally in Asia and the United States," according to CSIRO. Marshall will join CSIRO in January 2015. Marshall was educated at Macquarie University ...

Mercer to analyse climate change portfolio risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... investors that manage more than US$1.5 trillion in assets under management. Helga Birgden, head of responsible investing for Asia Pacific at Mercer The 2011 study, Climate Change Scenarios - Implications for Strategic Asset Allocation, found that institutional ...

AMP Capital reviews corporate governance activities

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... convergence in Asian countries with new reforms looking largely the same, AMP Capital said in the report, citing Jamie Allen of the Asia Corporate Governance Association. "It is still early days but as companies and countries begin to appreciate the ...

World's multilateral banks to continue focus on climate finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
The world's six multilateral development banks will continue to "reinforce and further develop climate financing" ahead of the United Nations Secretary-General's Climate Summit later this month. The African Development Bank (AfDB), Asian Development ...

Local property companies continue GRESB outperformance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... improved in GRESB's fifth year of tracking real estate reporting and performance, performance of property companies and funds in Asia had the largest increase, by 23% to 46 points. The average score in North America is 44 and the average score in Europe ...

UCA Funds Management appoint independent directors

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014  |  NEWS
... fellow of the Actuaries Institute and has more than 40 years' financial services experience. He retired as regional head, Asia, of First State Investments in 2010 and has held a number of non-executive directorships, currently holding directorships with ...

Fifteen Australian signatories leave PRI

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014  |  NEWS
... Cromwell Property Group, Five Oceans Asset management, Local Super, mecu, Orion Asset Management, RepuTex Group, SIRIS, TAAM Asia Pacific Investments, and The Emerald Club. Blue Sky Water Partners, Local Super, and TAAM Asia Pacific Investments were ...